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Argonautidae
Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Argonauta argo Linnaeus 1758 is the largest argonaut species, a cosmopolitan cephalopod found in global tropical and subtropical waters.
Argonauta hians (Lightfoot), 1786
Argonauta hians (Lightfoot), 1786
Argonauta hians, the winged argonaut, is a variable cosmopolitan pelagic octopus found in tropical and subtropical waters worldwide.
Argonauta nodosus (Lightfoot), 1786
Argonauta nodosus (Lightfoot), 1786
Argonauta nodosus is a sexually dimorphic argonaut found exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, occasionally stranding coasts seasonally after spawning.
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